The World’s Most Famous Hacker: Kevin Mitnick

I got to meet Kevin at RSA and I got a signed copy of his book, with his business card, which is also a set of lock picks.

Mitnick served five years in prison—four-and-a-half years’ pre-trial and eight months in solitary confinement, because, according to Mitnick, law enforcement officials convinced a judge that he had the ability to “start a nuclear war by whistling into a pay phone”.